Advanced Psychological Practice

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

PSYC00006 Basic Interventions

PSY000007 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Students will be given the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of advanced clinical practice issues, including psychotherapy process, treatment approaches for complex clinical presentations, clinical consultancy and primary prevention approaches. Students will gain critical understanding of the context for clinical practices, including evaluation and quality assurance, supervision and professional development.

It is the overall aim of this unit to foster a sense of professional identity and competence through the exploration of advanced treatment approaches adn complex clinical practice issues. The subject is concerned with the examination of aspects of clinical psychology practice with an emphasis on students developing a critical approach to varoius clinical, professional practice and evaluation issues.

An in-class presentation (10% of assessment) and a written submission of not more than 2,000 words based on this presentation (90% of assessment).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Analytic and synthesizing skillsleading to improved information integration

Problem-solving skills